Hi,

I'm a Premier Gold trying to get out of Philadelphia (to SFO). As of this moment, I have a reservation booked with award miles scheduled to depart at 4pm Monday (yeah right, I know), and another completely independent reservation (also booked with miles) out of Cleveland, Ohio at 5pm Monday. The plan is to drive to Cleveland tomorrow early morning (~8 hours), and fly out on the second one.

I have a few logistical questions though that I don't wanna wait 3 hours on hold with United to get an answer for:

1) When is the appropriate time to cancel the first reservation? From what I understand, United is giving full refunds (miles + small fees) for flights out of affected airports, right? Do I need to wait for the flight to be officially cancelled before asking for a refund, or is now the best time? (If I try to cancel now, it says I could be charged $100).

2) If I get a refund for the miles of the first reservation, I'm assuming I'm only gonna get the chunk for this return segment of the itenerary back?

3) I changed the first reservation a 2 or 3 times yesterday before settling on the current plan, paying $25 each time (Premier Gold). I'm assuming there's no chance of getting those fees back?

Thanks,
-numegil